Experience With Machine Protection Systems At PIP2IT
PIP-II Collaboration: A. Warner (1), M. Austin (1), L. Carmichael (1),, J.-P. Carneiro (1), B. Hanna (1), E. Harms (1), R. Neswold (1), L. Prost (1),, R. Rivera (1), A. Shemyakin (1), M. Ibrahim (1), J. Wu (1) ((1) Fermilab)
TL;DR
This paper discusses the design, implementation, and operational experience of the Machine Protection System at the PIP2IT facility, highlighting its fast response and effectiveness in protecting accelerator components.
Contribution
It presents the architecture, loss detection methods, and operational insights of the MPS for the PIP2IT accelerator, a novel application in this context.
Findings
MPS successfully interrupted beam within 10 microseconds.
The system effectively protected accelerator components during operation.
Operational experience demonstrated reliability and responsiveness of the protection system.
Abstract
The PIP-II Injector Test 1 PIP2IT facility accelerator was assembled in multiple stages in 2014 2021 to test concepts and components of the future PIPII linac that is being constructed at Fermilab. In its final configuration, PIP2IT accelerated a 0.55 ms x 20 Hz x 2 mA H beam to 16 MeV. To protect elements of the beam line, a Machine Protection System MPS was implemented and commissioned. The beam was interrupted faster than 10s when excessive beam loss was detected. The paper describes the MPS architecture, methods of the loss detection, procedure of the beam interruption, and operational experience at PIP2IT.
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Taxonomy
TopicsParticle accelerators and beam dynamics · Fusion materials and technologies · Nuclear Physics and Applications